So, we have now had the he Republican-controlled House of Representatives vote 267-151 this past Wednesday to approve a $982-Billion continuing resolution (CR) that besides funding the federal government through the rest of fiscal 2013, will also fully fund the implementation of Obamacare during that same period. So in what has become a rather disturbing trend we, the American people, once again, essentially, get stabbed in the back. Boehner, who I've never really trusted, is now, most definitely, no longer of any use to those of us trying to save our country. Cantor, who I at one time thought was maybe someone who could be counted on, has repeatedly demonstrated that he he is most definitely not on the right side of the important issues. And I've seen nothing from Kevin McCarthy that would instill and amount of confidence in him either.
And so it was then that these leaders of ours in the House, yet again, turned aside any and all requests from groups of conservative members to include language in the bill that would have withheld funding for implementation of all of Obamacare, or, alternatively, that would have withheld funding for the Obamacare regulation that requires health-plans to provide cost-free coverage for sterilizations, contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs. On Tuesday, the Republican-controlled Rules Committee rejected a request by Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R.-Okla.) to allow the full House to simply vote on an amendment to the CR sponsored by Bridenstine, Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R.-Kans.) and Rep. Ron DeSantis (R.-Fla.) that would have stripped funding from implementation of Obamacare. But it was all to no avail. The 'leadership' had already made up its mind.
You see, last week, Bridenstine and Huelskamp sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor asking them to include such language in the CR, and yet the CR produced by the our less than stellar leadership did not include that proposed language. So Bridenstine then asked the Rules Committee on Wednesday--when it approved the rule that would govern House floor proceeding on the CR--to allow a vote on his amendment. The Rules Committee, however, simply rejected Bridenstine's request and refused to allow the rank and file members of the House to even vote on the proposition of defunding Obamacare. So it would seem that Boehner and Company appear to now be more inclined to do what they see as being in their own best interest rather than what's in the best interest of the American people
Because in a similar situation we had14 Republican House members, led by Rep. Diane Black (R.-Tenn.) and Rep. John Fleming (R.-La.), write Boehner and Cantor last week asking them to include language in the CR that would reverse the sterilization-contraception-abortifacient regulation in order to protect the free exercise of religion, which is guaranteed by the First Amendment. The Republican leaders chose not to include any language in their CR that would reverse this regulation--even though Boehner himself had declared in a House floor speech on Feb. 8, 2012 that the regulation was a violation of the constitutional right to freedom of religion and that Congress would not let it stand. Boehner's getting to be as skilled a lair as is Barry, I guess. It would appear that we have no one on our side who is actually willing to lead. So we're left with Boehner.
The Roman Catholic bishops of the United States have unanimously declared that the sterilization-contraception-abortifacient regulation--whose enforcement will now be carried out with funds approved by the Republican-controlled House--is an "unjust and illegal mandate" that violates the "personal civil rights" of individual Americans. Also this CR does not restrict funding for Planned Parenthood. Of the 151 members of the House who voted against this CR, only 14 were Republicans. They included: Justin Amash (Mich.), Jim Bridenstine (Okla.), Broun (Ga.), Ron DeSantis (Fla.), Scott DesJarlais (Tenn.), John J. Duncan Jr. (Tenn.), Phil Gingrey (Ga.), Louie Gohmert (Tex.), Jack Kingston (Ga.), Tom McClintock (Calif.). Thomas Massie (Ky.), Bill Posey (Fla.), Matt Salmon (Ariz.), and Steve Stockman (Tex.).
And also, I guess when Republicans vowed back in 2010, as part of their "A Pledge to America," to post bills online for at least 72 hours before bringing them up for a vote, they didn't really mean it. Because our back-stabbing Republican leaders in the House brought this CR up for a vote a little less than 48 hours after posting it. So to say that the time has now come for the removal of all three of these pathetic phonies has come, I think, would be an understatement. They are doing the country no good in their present positions and therefore need to be replaced with those who are genuinely concerned about the survival of our Republic. We will never be in a position of averting what Barry has in store for us as long as we have "The Three Stooges" at the helm in the House. Either they're with us or they're against us, and if they're against us they must be replaced.
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